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FIRST CALL

October 2011

Dear phosphorus colleagues,

On behalf of the Organising Committee I am delighted to announce the first Call Sustinable Phosphorus Summit in Sydney, 29th February - 2nd March2012. We have secured an exciting and eminent selection of keynote speakers and panelists, including Nobel Prize winner, Professor Paul Crutzen. This email contains details of the Summit, Call for Abstracts, Keynote speakers and Sponsorship opportunities.

All future emails regarging the Summit will come from Psummit3@globalPnetwork.net - please ensure you add this to your address book as emails may otherwise end up in your SPAM folders.

Please forward this Call for Abstracts to anyone you think may be interested.

We look forward to receiving your abstracts and hope to see you in Sydney 2012!

The Summit will bring together key international science, policy and industry stakeholders from different parts of the food production and consumption chain concerned about the role of phosphorus availability and accessibility in global food security, about protecting the environment, and about supporting rural and urban livelihoods. Themes include:

Sustainable food systems

Global phosphate rock production and reserves

Phosphorus use efficiency in mining, agriculture, food processing

Phosphorus recovery and reuse

Phosphorus pollution and waste

Sustainable phosphorus strategies and global governance

The format of the Summit will ensure a high level of interactivity, multi-stakeholder participation, creativity and be outcomes-oriented.

Keynotes and Panelists

We are delighted to announce some of our confirmed keynote speakers and panelists: